Creative Enterprise Zones (1)

Susan Hall: What have been the measurable benefits to Londoners of delivering your Creative Enterprise Zones?

The Mayor: My Creative Enterprise Zones are delivering benefits for Londoners including creating new affordable workspace, delivering skills and jobs and ensuring local communities benefit from the programme.
Since launching in December 2018, Zones have already brought forward 15,669sqm of much-needed new, permanent, affordable creative workspace, and are on course to deliver an additional 25,000sqm.
I have invested £2.2 million in skills funding within the Creative Enterprise Zones. This will improve career prospects for over 650 Londoners. At least 50 per cent will be individuals who are from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups and 50 per cent will be women.
Creative Enterprise Zones have been vital in sustaining local creative economies through the COVID-19 crisis.They have supported targeted rent relief and business rates grants, as well as dedicated funding programmes. Since the start of the pandemic, Creative Enterprise Zones have supported over 300 cultural organisations and businesses, and helped to protect over 1000 sector jobs.